Maxine Veronica Morand AM (born 30 January 1959[1]) is an Australian academic, advocate for cancer patients, and former politician.

Morand has a current academic appointment at Monash University where she is a professorial fellow in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

In addition she is a board director at Inner East Community Health and is the chair of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

[2] Morand served as the chief executive officer of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) between 2011[3] and 2014.

[5] She won the Liberal-held Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Waverley in the 2002 election, at the age of 43.

The passage of the bill decriminalised abortion in Victoria up to twenty four weeks and up to the moment of birth if two doctors grant approval.